Group server performance correction via actions to server subset

Abstract

Business transactions and the nodes processing the transactions are monitored and actions are applied to one or more nodes when a performance issue is detected. A performance issue may relate to a metric associated with a transaction or node that processes the transaction. If a performance metric determined from data captured by monitoring does not satisfy a health rule, the policy determines which action should be performed to correct the performance of the node. When a problem is detected for multiple nodes, the present technology may address a subset of the multiple nodes rather than apply an action to each node experiencing the problem. When a solution is found to correct the problem with the subset of nodes, the solution may be applied to the other nodes experiencing the same problem.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for monitoring a business transaction, comprising:
 determining that a metric associated with each of a plurality of nodes of a distributed server system do not satisfy a threshold; 
 applying a first corrective action to a first subset of the plurality of nodes; and 
 applying the first corrective action to the remainder of the nodes upon detecting the first subset of nodes satisfy the threshold after the first corrective action is applied. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , further including:
 determining a metric for each of the plurality of nodes; and 
 determining the metric for each node does not satisfy a health rule, the health rule including a threshold. 
 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , the first corrective action applied by an agent residing on a machine with the node. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 3 , wherein applying includes transmitting an instruction to an agent on a remote server by a controller. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , the first corrective action selected by a policy based on a violation of a health rule including the threshold. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising selecting the first subset of the plurality of nodes at random. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising selecting the first subset of the plurality of nodes based on a parameter. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising applying a second corrective action to a second subset of the plurality of nodes while the first corrective action is applied to the first subset of nodes. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining the first subset of nodes did not satisfy the threshold after the first action was applied to the first subset of nodes; 
 applying a second corrective action to the first subset of nodes; and 
 applying the second corrective action to the remainder of the nodes upon detecting the first subset of nodes satisfy the threshold after the second corrective action is applied. 
 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising configuring a list of corrective actions such that the first corrective action would be applied to subsequent nodes having a metric that fails to satisfy the threshold before other corrective actions in the list of corrective actions if applying the first corrective action results in the first subset of nodes satisfying the threshold after the first action is applied. 
     
     
       11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for monitoring a business transaction, the method comprising:
 determining that a metric associated with each of a plurality of nodes of a distributed server system do not satisfy a threshold; 
 applying a first corrective action to a first subset of the plurality of nodes; and 
 applying the first corrective action to the remainder of the nodes upon detecting the first subset of nodes satisfy the threshold after the first corrective action is applied. 
 
     
     
       12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 11 , further including determining a metric for each of the plurality of nodes; and
 determining the metric for each node does not satisfy a health rule, the health rule including a threshold. 
 
     
     
       13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 11 , the first corrective action applied by an agent residing on a machine with the node. 
     
     
       14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 13 , wherein applying includes transmitting an instruction to an agent on a remote server by a controller. 
     
     
       15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 11 , the first corrective action selected by a policy based on a violation of a health rule including the threshold. 
     
     
       16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 11 , the method further comprising selecting the first subset of the plurality of nodes at random. 
     
     
       17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 11 , the method further comprising selecting the first subset of the plurality of nodes based on a parameter. 
     
     
       18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 11 , the method further comprising applying a second corrective action to a second subset of the plurality of nodes while the first corrective action is applied to the first subset of nodes. 
     
     
       19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 11 , the method further comprising:
 determining the first subset of nodes did not satisfy the threshold after the first action was applied to the first subset of nodes; 
 applying a second corrective action to the first subset of nodes; and 
 applying the second corrective action to the remainder of the nodes upon detecting the first subset of nodes satisfy the threshold after the second corrective action is applied. 
 
     
     
       20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 11 , the method further comprising configuring a list of corrective actions such that the first corrective action would be applied to subsequent nodes having a metric that fails to satisfy the threshold before other corrective actions in the list of corrective actions if applying the first corrective action results in the first subset of nodes satisfying the threshold after the first action is applied. 
     
     
       21. A system for monitoring a business transaction, comprising:
 a processor; 
 a memory; and 
 one or more modules stored in memory and executable by a processor to determine that a metric associated with each of a plurality of nodes of a distributed server system do not satisfy a threshold, apply a first corrective action to a first subset of the plurality of nodes, and apply the first corrective action to the remainder of the nodes upon detecting the first subset of nodes satisfy the threshold after the first corrective action is applied. 
 
     
     
       22. The system of  claim 21 , the modules further executable to determine a metric for each of the plurality of nodes and determine the metric for each node does not satisfy a health rule, the health rule including a threshold. 
     
     
       23. The system of  claim 21 , the first corrective action applied by an agent residing on a machine with the node. 
     
     
       24. The system of  claim 23 , wherein applying includes transmitting an instruction to an agent on a remote server by a controller. 
     
     
       25. The system of  claim 21 , the first corrective action selected by a policy based on a violation of a health rule including the threshold. 
     
     
       26. The system of  claim 21 , the modules further executable to select the first subset of the plurality of nodes at random. 
     
     
       27. The system of  claim 21 , the modules further executable to select the first subset of the plurality of nodes based on a parameter. 
     
     
       28. The system of  claim 21 , the modules further executable to apply a second corrective action to a second subset of the plurality of nodes while the first corrective action is applied to the first subset of nodes. 
     
     
       29. The system of  claim 21 , the modules further executable to determine the first subset of nodes did not satisfy the threshold after the first action was applied to the first subset of nodes, apply a second corrective action to the first subset of nodes, and apply the second corrective action to the remainder of the nodes upon detecting the first subset of nodes satisfy the threshold after the second corrective action is applied. 
     
     
       30. The system of  claim 21 , the modules further executable to configure a list of corrective actions such that the first corrective action would be applied to subsequent nodes having a metric that fails to satisfy the threshold before other corrective actions in the list of corrective actions if applying the first corrective action results in the first subset of nodes satisfying the threshold after the first action is applied.